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The Crown

Yarn: D.M.C. No. 30 Size: 21 -5 cm. (8£ in.)

Abbreviations: Number = number of double stitches between the picots, R = ring, C = chain, + = joining, 4 X 12 = 4—4 — 4—4 — 4—4—4 —

4—4—4—4 — 4, — = picot Number of shuttles: Two

Row 1: Shuttle 1: R3 — 3 — 3—3—6 — 6.

C7+ (shuttle2:R4—4—4 —4)7. R6 + 6—6 —6.

C7+ (shuttle2:R4 + 4—4 —4)7.

R6 + 6 —3 —3—3 —3. C7 (shuttle2: R4 + 4—4 —4).

Ali R in brackets make up the inner linę.

Shuttle 2: C 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 — 3. R4 + 4 —4—4.

Shuttle 1: C 7. R3 — 3 — 3 — 3 — 6 — 6. Continue until the reąuired length and finish off with C3 — 3 — 3 — 3 — 3.

Row 2: Use shuttle and second thread. R3 — 3 — 3 — 3 + 7 — 7 (join to the first ring in the group ofthree rings). C7 — 7. R7 + 7 + 7 — 7.

(Join to second ring in the group of three rings). C7 — 7.

R7 + 7 + 3 — 3—3 — 3 (join to third ring in the group of three rings).

C3 — 3 — 3 — 3 — 3—3 — 3 — 3. Finish the row.

Finishing edge: R 4x 12. Tie together threads for twelfth picot and cut. R3 — 3 — 3 + 4—4(jointo twelfth picot in the ring and tuck in the cut ends). C3 — 3 + 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 (join to C to the left of the long C).

R4 + 4 + 4—4. C3—3—3 —3—3 —3. R4 + 4 + 4—4.

C3—3—3— 3 — 3. R4—4 + 4 —4.

C3—3 — 3—3—3 — 3— 3 — 3.    R4 + 4 + 4—4.

C3—3 — 3 — 3 — 3. R4—4 + 4 —4. C3 —3 —3—3 —3.

R4 + 4 + 4 — 4. C3—3 — 3—3—3—3 + 3 — 3 (jointoCtotherightof the long C). R4 + 4+3 — 3 — 3. Join threads and cut.

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